BIB_ID
420963
Accession number
MA 1352.190
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 February 21.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm
Notes
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Thursday Evening / Twenty First February 1850."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Thursday Evening / Twenty First February 1850."
Provenance
The letters formed part of the Burdett-Coutts sale (Sotheby, 17 May 1922); they were purchased for Oliver W. Barrett in whose collection they remained until it was sold by his son (Parke-Bernet, 31 October 1951).
Summary
Sending her letters that he found "in the box," telling her he believes he has "the leading Emigration information you require," and asking when he might call on her to explain it.
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